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Food and Exercise 11/08/04
Breakfast - (at a restaurant to wrap up sleepover)
2 eggs (was served 3) 1 1/2 slices rye toast (served 2) 2 slices of bacon (was served 4) 100g source yogurt Lunch - (at 89yr old friend's) 2 toast (the processed stuff, ugh) 2 slices tomatos 4 fig newtons Tea Dinner - 1 cup spaghetti (leftover italian from sleepover) 2 dinner rolls with margarine a few nibbles on roasted chicken (1 ounce or less) After dinner breakdown. Had family mini crisis, got very upset, lots of yelling, sore throat, exausted didn't think. Felt awful afterwards. I'm cured for awhile. It was still much less than I would have normally eaten. I was looking for something to make me feel better (happier) but it really was a bad thing. I'm not sure how I'd tackle that again. I do know it wouldn't be with food. 1 tbsp neopolitan crap ice cream 2 crap swiss rolls 2 little debbies crap cakes 2 strawberry crap cookies Exercise - mowing front and back lawn with pushmower at 89yr old friend's. Water - 2 ltrs Total calorie count not even counted. Before junk food meltdown 1335, after meltdown, not sure. Didn't count it. Didn't feel the need to do that to myself. -- Cp 267/229/150 "You don't want to lose what you've worked for" |
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"Cplus" wrote in message . rogers.com... Breakfast - (at a restaurant to wrap up sleepover) 2 eggs (was served 3) 1 1/2 slices rye toast (served 2) 2 slices of bacon (was served 4) 100g source yogurt Lunch - (at 89yr old friend's) 2 toast (the processed stuff, ugh) 2 slices tomatos 4 fig newtons Tea Dinner - 1 cup spaghetti (leftover italian from sleepover) 2 dinner rolls with margarine a few nibbles on roasted chicken (1 ounce or less) After dinner breakdown. Had family mini crisis, got very upset, lots of yelling, sore throat, exausted didn't think. Felt awful afterwards. I'm cured for awhile. It was still much less than I would have normally eaten. I was looking for something to make me feel better (happier) but it really was a bad thing. I'm not sure how I'd tackle that again. I do know it wouldn't be with food. Old habits are hard to break but not impossibleg Maybe you could substitute a long walk, bubble bath, etc for the food next time you're feeling the stress. I love soaking in a hot tub with lots of bath oil when I've had a bad day. The only thing I hate is trying to clean the tub after these oil bathsg Beverly 1 tbsp neopolitan crap ice cream 2 crap swiss rolls 2 little debbies crap cakes 2 strawberry crap cookies Exercise - mowing front and back lawn with pushmower at 89yr old friend's. Water - 2 ltrs Total calorie count not even counted. Before junk food meltdown 1335, after meltdown, not sure. Didn't count it. Didn't feel the need to do that to myself. -- Cp 267/229/150 "You don't want to lose what you've worked for" |
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On Mon, 23 Aug 2004 00:27:58 GMT, "Cplus" wrote:
After dinner breakdown. Had family mini crisis, got very upset, lots of yelling, sore throat, exausted didn't think. Felt awful afterwards. I'm cured for awhile. It was still much less than I would have normally eaten. I was looking for something to make me feel better (happier) but it really was a bad thing. I'm not sure how I'd tackle that again. I do know it wouldn't be with food. 1 tbsp neopolitan crap ice cream 2 crap swiss rolls 2 little debbies crap cakes 2 strawberry crap cookies Sorry you had this upsetting event, Cp -- hope things have settled down now. One thought: Do you need to keep these foods in your house? They probably aren't really essential for your kids, but maybe your husband likes them? If possible, it might be easier to just not have things like this available to turn to when you're upset. Another thought: It might be good to think now -- or maybe in a day or two when this is further behind you -- how you would handle a similar situation in the future. As you indicated, though, it doesn't sound like you really abandoned caution entirely. Which is good :-). Chris |
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On Mon, 23 Aug 2004 00:53:49 GMT, "Beverly"
wrote: Old habits are hard to break but not impossibleg Maybe you could substitute a long walk, bubble bath, etc for the food next time you're feeling the stress. I love soaking in a hot tub with lots of bath oil when I've had a bad day. The only thing I hate is trying to clean the tub after these oil bathsg An even worse thing is the Aveeno Oatmeal Bath stuff, which leaves yucky gray clumps in the tub! Chris (loves hot baths) 262/141/ (145-150) |
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Cplus wrote:
After dinner breakdown. Had family mini crisis, got very upset, lots of yelling, sore throat, exausted didn't think. Felt awful afterwards. I'm cured for awhile. It was still much less than I would have normally eaten. I was looking for something to make me feel better (happier) but it really was a bad thing. I'm not sure how I'd tackle that again. I do know it wouldn't be with food. Some comments. I like that you're thinking about *why* you turned to food and what need it was filling and how you can fill it otherwise. I think the mood pick-me-up is why I keep a stash of dark chocolate in the house. I buy the large bar and just break off a chunk or two when I need it. I call it my "medicinal chocolate." I agree with Chris in questioning why you even had all that crap food in the house. I've got some very stale Fig Newtons in the kid's snack cupboard, but even with three small children in the house and a husband whose got a sweet tooth we don't have anything resembling what you knoshed on. Just dump it all is my advice. Those things are "eating for entertainment" and there's certianly no problem for the slender people doing that, but we don't have to let them do it at home! Another mood altering thing I do - sometimes I'll grab a glass of wine and go sit by myself. This works for me because I don't have a problem with alcohol. (I do this maybe once a month.) I hesitate to tell you to pick up drinking, but it really does relax me somewhat. I'm looking into hormone replacement therapy to help with mood swings, too. Losing all the fat I've lost (and you to) has had an unpleasant effect on my estrogen levels I suspect. I haven't had them tested, but I seem to have been thrown solidly into perimenopause. It turns out all that fat was DOING something in my body - producing estrogen. I don't know your hormonal landscape, but you might want to do some reading up on this, too. Dally |
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Cplus wrote in alt.support.diet on Mon, 23 Aug 2004:
After dinner breakdown. Had family mini crisis, got very upset, lots of yelling, sore throat, exausted didn't think. Felt awful afterwards. I'm cured for awhile. It was still much less than I would have normally eaten. I was looking for something to make me feel better (happier) but it really was a bad thing. I'm not sure how I'd tackle that again. I do know it wouldn't be with food. 1 tbsp neopolitan crap ice cream 2 crap swiss rolls 2 little debbies crap cakes 2 strawberry crap cookies Miserable for you, but they do say that carbohydrates produce serotonin in the brain and make a good emergency tranquilliser for that reason. But you do seem to have kept things in control, and I'm impressed! Maybe you could keep an emergency stash of non-crap sweet foods - a fruit cake, or good-quality ice-cream (perhaps home-made) - in the deep freeze, so that when things go pear-shaped, you have something you can eat that will help without feeling too awful about it afterwards? And do you need to keep the biscuits and cakes in the house? If your family want them, could another family member be charged with keeping them out of your line of sight? Or, better still, could they be banned as "crap food" that you don't want your family eating? -- Annabel - "Mrs Redboots" 90/88/80kg |
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Cplus wrote in alt.support.diet on Mon, 23 Aug 2004:
After dinner breakdown. Had family mini crisis, got very upset, lots of yelling, sore throat, exausted didn't think. Felt awful afterwards. I'm cured for awhile. It was still much less than I would have normally eaten. I was looking for something to make me feel better (happier) but it really was a bad thing. I'm not sure how I'd tackle that again. I do know it wouldn't be with food. 1 tbsp neopolitan crap ice cream 2 crap swiss rolls 2 little debbies crap cakes 2 strawberry crap cookies Miserable for you, but they do say that carbohydrates produce serotonin in the brain and make a good emergency tranquilliser for that reason. But you do seem to have kept things in control, and I'm impressed! Maybe you could keep an emergency stash of non-crap sweet foods - a fruit cake, or good-quality ice-cream (perhaps home-made) - in the deep freeze, so that when things go pear-shaped, you have something you can eat that will help without feeling too awful about it afterwards? And do you need to keep the biscuits and cakes in the house? If your family want them, could another family member be charged with keeping them out of your line of sight? Or, better still, could they be banned as "crap food" that you don't want your family eating? -- Annabel - "Mrs Redboots" 90/88/80kg |
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"Beverly" wrote in message ... "Cplus" wrote in message . rogers.com... Breakfast - (at a restaurant to wrap up sleepover) 2 eggs (was served 3) 1 1/2 slices rye toast (served 2) 2 slices of bacon (was served 4) 100g source yogurt Lunch - (at 89yr old friend's) 2 toast (the processed stuff, ugh) 2 slices tomatos 4 fig newtons Tea Dinner - 1 cup spaghetti (leftover italian from sleepover) 2 dinner rolls with margarine a few nibbles on roasted chicken (1 ounce or less) After dinner breakdown. Had family mini crisis, got very upset, lots of yelling, sore throat, exausted didn't think. Felt awful afterwards. I'm cured for awhile. It was still much less than I would have normally eaten. I was looking for something to make me feel better (happier) but it really was a bad thing. I'm not sure how I'd tackle that again. I do know it wouldn't be with food. Old habits are hard to break but not impossibleg Maybe you could substitute a long walk, bubble bath, etc for the food next time you're feeling the stress. I love soaking in a hot tub with lots of bath oil when I've had a bad day. The only thing I hate is trying to clean the tub after these oil bathsg Beverly Yes those are definite possibilities. The problem was more that there were two of us in that mood (my sister and I). I think left to my own I may have had the ice cream and be done with it. My daughter loves baths with bath beads (she's got dry skin so I don't mind her having them) and yes that ring around the tub.. UGH! I've gotten into more relaxing baths. It used to be just bubbles but now I've begun adding bath salts as well. Feels luxurious. 1 tbsp neopolitan crap ice cream 2 crap swiss rolls 2 little debbies crap cakes 2 strawberry crap cookies Exercise - mowing front and back lawn with pushmower at 89yr old friend's. Water - 2 ltrs Total calorie count not even counted. Before junk food meltdown 1335, after meltdown, not sure. Didn't count it. Didn't feel the need to do that to myself. -- Cp 267/229/150 "You don't want to lose what you've worked for" |
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"Chris Braun" wrote in message ... On Mon, 23 Aug 2004 00:27:58 GMT, "Cplus" wrote: After dinner breakdown. Had family mini crisis, got very upset, lots of yelling, sore throat, exausted didn't think. Felt awful afterwards. I'm cured for awhile. It was still much less than I would have normally eaten. I was looking for something to make me feel better (happier) but it really was a bad thing. I'm not sure how I'd tackle that again. I do know it wouldn't be with food. 1 tbsp neopolitan crap ice cream 2 crap swiss rolls 2 little debbies crap cakes 2 strawberry crap cookies Sorry you had this upsetting event, Cp -- hope things have settled down now. One thought: Do you need to keep these foods in your house? They probably aren't really essential for your kids, but maybe your husband likes them? If possible, it might be easier to just not have things like this available to turn to when you're upset. Another thought: It might be good to think now -- or maybe in a day or two when this is further behind you -- how you would handle a similar situation in the future. As you indicated, though, it doesn't sound like you really abandoned caution entirely. Which is good :-). Chris Yes things have settled down. Those things are not kept in the main kitchen (we sort of have two) and they aren't even around for the kids. They're around for my sister's husband (incase this is new, we live together). He uses the sweets as food to take with his pills (he has absolutely no weight problem, 17%BF). We've offered him other things like cheese and crackers but he insists he needs the sweets. In fact he's brought in pecan tarts as well!! I stay away from those by mentally saying that they belong to him. I would never eat someone elses foods oddly enough. I'm not sure how I would handle it again. The cup of tea I had with it all seemed to help more than anything. I think just being constantly reminded that it makes me feel crap is good. Also not keeping it readily available (those crap snacks were part of BIL's stash). I'll have to ponder better solutions some more. Thanks for the encouragement btw |
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"Dally" wrote in message ... Cplus wrote: After dinner breakdown. Had family mini crisis, got very upset, lots of yelling, sore throat, exausted didn't think. Felt awful afterwards. I'm cured for awhile. It was still much less than I would have normally eaten. I was looking for something to make me feel better (happier) but it really was a bad thing. I'm not sure how I'd tackle that again. I do know it wouldn't be with food. Some comments. I like that you're thinking about *why* you turned to food and what need it was filling and how you can fill it otherwise. I think the mood pick-me-up is why I keep a stash of dark chocolate in the house. I buy the large bar and just break off a chunk or two when I need it. I call it my "medicinal chocolate." I agree with Chris in questioning why you even had all that crap food in the house. I've got some very stale Fig Newtons in the kid's snack cupboard, but even with three small children in the house and a husband whose got a sweet tooth we don't have anything resembling what you knoshed on. Just dump it all is my advice. Those things are "eating for entertainment" and there's certianly no problem for the slender people doing that, but we don't have to let them do it at home! Another mood altering thing I do - sometimes I'll grab a glass of wine and go sit by myself. This works for me because I don't have a problem with alcohol. (I do this maybe once a month.) I hesitate to tell you to pick up drinking, but it really does relax me somewhat. I'm looking into hormone replacement therapy to help with mood swings, too. Losing all the fat I've lost (and you to) has had an unpleasant effect on my estrogen levels I suspect. I haven't had them tested, but I seem to have been thrown solidly into perimenopause. It turns out all that fat was DOING something in my body - producing estrogen. I don't know your hormonal landscape, but you might want to do some reading up on this, too. Dally Alcohol has never been my thing. If drink anything it's usually hard liquor in the form of fruity drinks ie. long island ice teas, daquiris. I've never liked wine, hate beer. My problem has always been food. Don't smoke either btw. A nice glass of ice tea could help though. A lot less damage as well. Temporary sugar rush but with only 1/3 or the calories that the crap (and might I add I didn't enjoy the stuff even). I think that might be what I try next time. As I told Chris, the crap is in the house because of my BIL. Unfortunately I have no control over it in the house. It does stay in the upstairs kitchen though. Out of sight, out of mind. Actually because of problems with the 13yr old in the house stealing the junk, it's now been put in a bin in BIL's bedroom. Honestly though, I've learned so much from that little episode that I don't think I'd turn to that crap again. I'm finding that when I crave sweets it's usually a pie or cake or premium ice cream. None of which is in the house. As far as hormonal. I wouldn't think so but anything and everything is possible. I'm only 30 and periods and things (aside from a few growing cramps) are as normal. What I do find now with the weight loss is that my back has suddenly started being sensitive and I get the hip pain similar with sciatica every now and then. It almost makes me think being fat was better. |
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